Exerion (PAL prototype)

Exerion (PAL prototype)
Dump status Released Dumped by Video Game History Foundation File dump date February 7, 2017 File release date June 5, 2025 Origin EPROM cartridge Labels EXERION PART II 2/8 NES Game Exerion System NES Release date JP Nov 30, 1984 US Unreleased EU Unreleased

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A localization prototype for the unreleased PAL NES version of Exerion.

Notes

• Similar to Jaleco's overseas version of City Connection, this version of Exerion is spruced up from the Japanese Famicom version. It has larger PRG & CHR ROMs and the extra space was used for better graphics and music.
• The new title screen music was done by Tsukasa Tawada, a composer who worked at Jaleco during the late 80s and early 90s. He listed "Exerion (European version)" among his credits on his old website.
• An NTSC US version of Exerion was submitted to Nintendo lotcheck on March 17, 1989. It has the same CHR ROM as this PAL version, so the PAL version is likely from roughly the same time.
• For years the only available ROM for this game was a NintendoAge release with a defaced title screen and the Nintendo licensing text removed. Possibly due to confusion originating from the NintendoAge release, the game is currently DAT'd in the No-Intro romset as "Exerion II (USA) (Proto)" despite being a PAL localization prototype of Exerion, not a sequel. Patches for the NintendoAge release that restore the title screen were created by MrNorbert1994 and Bro3256 which byte matches with the ROM dumped in 2017.

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